Serco Group plc

Serco Group Plc said on Thursday it expected revenue and profit to rise slightly in 2021, benefiting from its acquisition of a cleaning and maintenance provider in Australia, while the British outsourcer kept its 2020 forecast unchanged.

Britain's defence ministry will take back direct control of the operation and development of the country's nuclear weapons from a consortium of Lockheed Martin, Serco and Jacobs Engineering in June 2021, it said on Monday.

Britain said on Monday it would retake control of the operation of the country's nuclear deterrent from a private consortium comprising Lockheed Martin <LMT.N>, Serco <SRP.L> and Jacobs Engineering <J.N>.

Britain's defence ministry will take back direct control of day-to-day operations of the country's nuclear weapon warheads from a consortium run by Lockheed Martin, Serco and Jacobs Engineering in June 2021, Serco said on Monday.

A video making false claims about the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app and the ownership of the company Serco has been shared thousands of times on Facebook.

British outsourcer Serco Group raised full-year forecasts for revenue and profit on Friday, after contract extensions in the UK and strong performance in the United States, along with cost cuts, boosted its third-quarter results.

British outsourcer Serco Group Plc raised its full-year forecasts for revenue and profit on Friday, after contract extensions in the UK and strong performance in the United States, coupled with cost cuts, boosted third-quarter sales.

Some Facebook users have been falsely claiming that outsourcer Serco has developed the NHS Test and Trace app.

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British outsourcer Serco reported a 53% jump in first-half profit on Thursday, benefiting from strong overseas demand for its services and the acquisition of a U.S. naval systems unit last year.

Serco will resume paying dividends for the first time in six years after the outsourcing firm posted a 25% jump in 2019 and said it had shaken off the "gravitational pull of past mis-steps".

British public services outsourcer Serco said it would resume paying a dividend for the first time since 2014 after it reported 2019 profit in line with forecasts and reiterated its upbeat growth targets for 2020.

Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Monday charged two of Serco's <SRP.L> former directors with fraud and false accounting in its investigation into the public services outsourcer's electronic monitoring contract with the Ministry of Justice.

Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Monday charged two of Serco's former directors with fraud and false accounting in its investigation into the public services outsourcer's electronic monitoring contract with the Ministry of Justice.

British public services outsourcer Serco <SRP.L> on Thursday raised its 2019 outlook, forecast a stronger 2020 and said it would consider paying dividends again, as it reaped the benefits of the acquisition of a U.S. naval systems business unit.

British public-services outsourcer Serco on Thursday raised its full-year outlook for revenue and underlying trading profit and said it expects to top them in 2020, driven by new contract wins and better performance at its U.S. and Asian businesses.

Britain's accounting regulator said on Tuesday it had fined Deloitte's audit engagement partner Ross Howard for misconduct in the audit of Serco Geografix's 2012 financial statements.

British public-services outsourcer Serco <SRP.L> reported a 29% jump in first-half underlying trading profit driven by its American business and said on Wednesday it was confident of growing faster than the market for the next two years.

Deloitte and a senior partner have been fined and severely reprimanded for misconduct over the audit of Serco Geografix (SGL), an outsourcer that on Thursday formally settled a six-year criminal investigation into fraud and false accounting.